Posts Index

  • The Long View

    As Grandparents, you have the long view. You are rich in experience and wisdom that has been accumulated over many years. You also see the horizons of life. This is an advantage. You see that good things tend to operate on “a long clock”. Bad things operate on a short clock. A redwood cedar can be…

  • The Walls Can Speak

    Why are Germans so German? Why are Irish so Irish? Many studies show that the culture and environment you live in has an effect on you. Some of that is to be expected. When you moved from Philadelphia to Phoenix, it only stood to reason that your sons “switched birds” and became fans of the…

  • One of my favorite memories with my own children was snuggling up together and reading. I read aloud to them well into middle school. Russ, “Gramps”, and I, “Granny Annie”, have the desire to do the same with our grandchildren but they don’t live with us. In fact one of our grandchildren lives a thousand…